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A CASK OF HYDROPHOBIA, 
Two o’clock .—The medicine repeated. During the last hour, 
an occurrence took place worthy of notice. It was supposed, 
from the long calm and quiet he had enjoyed, that he was sleep¬ 
ing. His eyes, it is true, were open, but the hands of another 
person had been passed before them, and he had shown no sign 
of notice. At this time a glass of water was brought into the 
room for one of the attendants, and placed on a chest of drawers; 
but as soon as it was there, the wretched patient could be heard 
labouring to suppress the rising convulsion, till, unable any 
longer to restrain himself, he sprang as usual from his bed, and 
after an agonizing struggle for breath, shouted, as soon as he had 
obtained it—“ The water; away with it !” 
Three o’clock .—The medicine repeated. In the course of the 
last hour, he has had several attacks. During one of them—• 
roused from his state of stupor (for it could not be called sleep) 
by one of the attendants crossing the room, he leaped from his 
bed, and rushed frantically against him, giving vent to some 
incoherent expressions of anger, though, immediately on retiring 
to bed again, he apologised for what he had done. 
Tight o’clock .—From this time to 8 a.m. the medicine had 
been repeated every hour, and two enemas injected ; but the 
spasms were very frequent in their recurrence. It should here 
be remarked, that the sound of urine, and the sound and sight of 
his own water, did not disturb him; for a chamber-vessel was 
used without reserve by those who were in the room, and once by 
himself without any distress. The pulse through the night was 
now about 130 and 140. 
Half past eight. —Dr. Roots again visited him. His opinion 
was, that the symptoms were all aggravated. The lighted candle 
was again brought in, and its presence again convulsed him. It 
appeared, however, that in this there was a great deal of ima¬ 
gination ; for, engaging his attention in other matters, Dr. Roots 
brought the light eventually close to the eye, without occasioning 
much disturbance. There was another object in using the 
lighted candle, which was, to discover the condition of the pupil. 
It appeared extremely dilated, and did not contract on the close 
application of the candle ; but it would be difficult to say whe¬ 
ther this was the effect of the disease or of the belladonna applied 
to the throat. Dr. Roots asked him what he would take as food ; 
and at his request an egg and some porter were procured for him. 
Ten o’clock .—Since the last report the convulsions have been 
very violent and frequent, and he has shown more irritability of 
temper: he spits incessantly, and the countenance has become 
much flushed and violent in its expression. Within the last hour, 
